Attachment for towel-brackets



(No Model.)

A. MGKANNA.

} ATTACHMENT EOE TOWEL BRACKETS. No. 368,728. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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AMOS MOKANNA, OF BUNKER HILL, KANSAS.

ATTACH M ENT FO R TOWEL-BRACKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,728, dated August23, 1887.

Application filed June 4, 1887. Serial No. 240,299. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS MOKANNA, a citi= zen of the United States,residing at Bunker Hill, in the county of Russell and State of Kansas,have invented. a new and useful Improvementin AttachmentsforTowel-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments fortowel-brackets; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to secure acomb, brush, looking-glass, or other articles to a towel-bracket, wherethey will be accessible at all times.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedattachment, showing the same applied to the towel-bracket. Fig. 2 is adetached perspective view of my improved towel-bracket attachment. Fig.8 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention, showing thesame attached to a towel'bracket.

A represents a plate, which is adapted to be secured to the wall orother object by means of screws, and is provided with a verticaldovetailed slot, B, the upper end of which is open.

0 represents a bracketarm, the inner end of which is adapted to lit inthe dovetailed slot, and the outer end of which is provided with acircular head, D, having a recess in one side adapted to receive one endof the towel-roller F. This towel-bracket is of the same construction asthat shown and described in my pending application for Letters Patent ofthe United States, Serial N 0. 226,967.

G represents my improved attachment, which ismade of a single piece ofwire, and is constructed as follows: In one end of the wire is formed acircular eye, H, which is arranged at the outer end of a horizontalsupporting-arm, I. At the inner end of the arm the wire is turneddownward, at K, to form one side of a loop, L, which loop is adapted toengage the reduced portion of the bracket-arm on the inner side of thehead E. From the loop L a wire is bent to form a vertical series ofspring-coils, M, and from the said coils the wire is bent in the form oftheletter U to form a horizontal spring-arm, M, which bears against theouter side of thehead E. The arm I projects outward at right angles fromthe bracket-arm.

The operation of my invention is as follows: A looking-glass,hair-brush, or other article is suspended from the arm I and isprevented from slipping off the outer end of the said arm by theenlarged eye H. A comb is inserted between the spring-arm N and theopposing out-er side of the bracket-head, as shown in Fig. 1.

My improved towel-bracket attachment is thus adapted to secure a comb,brush, lookingglass, or other toilet articles near the towel, where theywill be accessible at all times, and thus prevent them from becomingmisplaced.

In Fig. 3 I illustrate a modified form of my invention, in which Iprovide a downward-extending hook-arm, O, in lieu of the horizontal armI, and form the arm Nof a single curved piece of wire, as shown.

When the attachmentis secured in position on the towel-bracket, thespring-coils M bear against the plate on one side of the vertical slottherein and clamp the inner dovetailed end of the bracket-arm firmly inthe slot, and thereby prevent the bracket-arm from becoming accidentallyunshipped from the plate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. The combination, withthe towel-bracket, of the attachment having the loop to engage the same,the spring-arm M, bearing against the outer side of the bracket-arm,andthe arm I, adapted to support a brush, looking-glass, or otherarticle, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a. towelbracket attachment made-ofa-single piece of wire bent to form the loop L, to engage thebracket-arm, the springcoils M, the arm M, adapted to bear against theouter side of the bracket-head, and the arm I to support thelooking-glass, brush, or other article, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the slotted plate, the removablebracket-arm'having its inner end dovetailed in the slotted plate, andthe attaohment having the loop L encompassing the my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in bracket-arm, and provided with thespringpresence of two witnesses. coils M, bearing against the plate,whereby the bracket-arm is secured to the plate against AMOS MCKANNA' 5accidental displacement, substantially as dey Witnesses:

scribed. R. S. WARTHEN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. E. SHUOKHART.

